Thursday, April 20, 2017

Elink is a free site where one can share information using computers, tablets, or phones. It is easy to publish and edit the content on the go. This will help students (and others) share online content . So you could include videos, webinars, podcasts, articles, images, google docs and more.

Curating with elink is a simple way to share. You choose a template, add the links or articles, save the content and then share your elink webpage.

It is easy to use . I use it to create pathfinders for specific student projects. Then I post on the library page and students use the links to complete projects.

This was one of the links in the Curation post that I wanted to try first- I made a pathfinder today for one of my teachers- It was really easy to set up! I will do more of these!

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

One of our goals in
education is higher order thinking skills. So we are trying to get away from
students simply recalling information. One
new concept I've been reading about s curation.

Curation is the collecting and organizing of facts/ writings
of high quality and then sharing those collections with the world. A student
could collect: articles, images, videos, audio clips or a mixture of items that
all relate to a topic . It’s like “The top 10” or “The Best of” something.

Curation projects require students to : Understand the information, analyze and
organize it to make sense, and evaluate
/ judge the quality of the items.

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

The animals ( Elephant, Giraffe, Monkey, and Snake) are trying to find the best place to a birthday party for their friend Chimpanzee. But each idea of a place they come up with won't work for the chimpanzee or the four friends. They finally find the perfect place- Hungle Bungle Park. The friends decorate the park with balloons, ribbons, streamers , and a Happy Birthday banner. The whimsical illustrations are soft and make a soothing yet colorful jumble of the zoo and its animals. The party was a surprise so they all yelled surprize when Chimpanzee arrived. The friends danced, and played games, and had lots of fun together. When the party was over, Chimpanzee told them,"This was the best birthday party ever!" This is a fun birthday story for children from 2 to 7. The jungle party with the animals is a great twist on the birthday theme. The illustrations are fun and age appropriate . All the animals are friendly looking and happy. This would make a great gift for a child's

Friday, April 7, 2017

A few years back I was on my "notebook ". I organized all my important papers into three ring binders to keep everything straight and items together. I decided last week ( I 'm at the middle school now) that the note book organizing was the way to go to keep like items together. It worked at the public library when I had a tiny tiny office, now here my office is bigger but has even less space and places to organize important papers. The first thing I did was to organize and figure out how to build my binder. Previously I had items in two hanging file folders that were located on my desk placed in one of my file holders. Every tune I took one out to work on something ( which was weekly) the papers would either fall out or get in the wrong spot.

So in the binder I put four divider tabs. The first was labeled pending, so all the purchase orders still out / not received were hole punched and place behind this section. I also made a section marked general in which I placed information about the budget in general- amounts for materials and supplies, amounts for chapter 53 ( funds for books state assigned). So depending on the PO , I placed them in whatever tab they belonged. These were the completed Po with items we had received, Now when I have budget papers they are finalized, I hole punch them and put them in the proper section. When I pull out the book, the items stay where they belong. It makes it easier to grab what I need and also is much easier to keep in order. MMMMM What else can I put in those binders??

Buy Your Favorites Here

About this site

This site will give you hints and tips on being organized, articles on current issues important to both public and school librarians, and ideas on some of the newest tech tools. I love being a librarian! I believe that reading, learning. and technology go hand in hand! I am a career librarian in both school and public libraries. My book The Organized Librarian is now available as an ebook and will perhaps be expanded to a print selection. Look here for excerpts of the book and also how to order. This book will give details on how to organize your self and your library to get more accomplished.